Thin Layer Chromatography (or TLC) is a “tried and true” procedure that has been used for many years in drug identification laboratories. The “thin layer” is actually a sheet of plastic coated with a porous silica material. To analyze a substance, the plant material is extracted in solvent

 

.In many papers concerning thin-layer chromatography (TLC) analysis of various drugs, TLC is an important method for qualitative and quantitative analysis of drugs because it indicates some advantages in comparison to HPLC and GC methods, which are listed below:(i)TLC can be used in those situations when HPLC-UV and GC ..

The Many Uses of Thin Layer Chromatography

  • Detection of a Particular Compound Present in a Mixture. …
  • Establishing that Two Compounds From a Different Origin are the Same. …
  • Determining the Number of Compounds Present in a Mixture. …
  • Choosing the Appropriate Solvent for Column Chromatography to separate compound